Today, at the main entrance of Gezi Park, up the stairs from Taksim Square, an area is fenced off and packed with buses used to transport riot police. Along its perimeter, officers stand guard, semi-automatic weapons in hand.
This police presence has been a fixture of İstanbul's central plaza s…
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